sweostorsunu
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *swestersunu, from Proto-Germanic *swestērsunuz, equivalent to sweostor (“sister”) + sunu (“son”). Compare Icelandic systursonur and Swedish systerson.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sweostorsunu m
Declension[edit]
Declension of sweostorsunu (strong u-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | sweostorsunu | sweostorsuna |
accusative | sweostorsunu | sweostorsuna |
genitive | sweostorsuna | sweostorsuna |
dative | sweostorsuna | sweostorsunum |
Related terms[edit]
- brōþorsunu (“fraternal nephew”)
- brōþordohtor (“fraternal niece”)
Descendants[edit]
- Middle English: sustersone, systerson, suster sune, suster sone, soster sone, sistur sun, sister sun
- English: sisterson
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sweostorsunu”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Categories:
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English compound terms
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English masculine nouns
- Old English u-stem nouns
- ang:Male family members